Days of sour atmosphere and mistrust at the national tallying centre
IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati who has said that the commission will only start posting results of the presidential election from various polling stations in the country once it has verified the forms 34A as transmitted by the presiding officers.
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The constituency returning officers present the physical Forms 34A to the national tallying centre, which this year was at Bomas of Kenya. It took days for them to conclude local races then travel to Nairobi. Once at Bomas, many spent nights awaiting their turn to present the constituency results.
The verification process was rather tedious. Once in, the forms were shared with agents of the presidential candidates, who scrutinised them to ensure they were the ones issued at the polling station. This was to ensure no changes were introduced in transit.
